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What Are These Little Water Hating Black Bugs?

I've found out about a month ago that when I heavely watered my Fig, around a hundred of these little black bugs came crawling to the surface or out of the pot.

I took the tree out of the pot and showered the roots which have pretty much colonized it.

The bugs disapeared for a while. Today a found a lot more of them. What are they, and how do I get rid of them?

These small pests are a bit smaller than your regular flee, and today I found out they do not only crawl, but they actually make around 3 cm (1 in) jumps!!!

I'm posting a picture of one next to a softwood cut of a chineese elm on a white floor tile.

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Here's the same picture again with as much detail as I can get with a 10cm macro.

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Adam_MA bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2003 Location: Eastern MA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: Zone6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,158	Hmmm don't know what the bug is but that's a Chinese Juniper cutting? Chinese Elm maybe? Adam

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duartix bonsai enthusiast Join Date: Apr-2003 Location: Lisbon Country: Portugal - Forest Fire World Champion USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 293	Sorry, it's a Chineese Elm of course. (original post edited) Thanks Adam.

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kvnharv29 bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Aug-2003 Location: Overland Park, KS Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 304	I take it the tree is healthy? -Kevin __________________ "Yes Daniel-san" -Mr. Miagi- Very addicting and extremely fun online game. Play Mercenary Mayhem here: http://mercenarymayhem.com/register.php?REF=1228

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duartix bonsai enthusiast Join Date: Apr-2003 Location: Lisbon Country: Portugal - Forest Fire World Champion USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 293	The tree has been healthier. It's still recovering from some probable heavy concentrated fertilizer abuse.

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